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Re:Wuhan shrimp seller identified as coronavirus ''patient z... by oceanbreeze83 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @12:05PM (#22720045)
From the article: Though identified as ''patient zero'', Wei may not be the first person to have contracted coronavirus in China, the report said. A study in Lancet medical journal claims the first person diagnosed with COVID-19 was identified on December 1.

https://medicaldialogues.in/medicine/news/wuhan-shrimp-selle...

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Re:Wuhan shrimp seller identified as coronavirus ''patient z... by whatshisface on Sunday March 29, 2020 @12:06PM (#22720056)
In fact, if only 15% of cases end up in the hospital, it is rather unlikely that patient zero would be infection zero.
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